College of Arts & Sciences

Neil McFadden has been awarded $10,000 from the New Mexico Space Grant Graduate Research Scholarship to pursue his Ph.D. The scholarship, awarded by the New Mexico Space Grant Consortium (NMSGC), will enable McFadden to continue work on his research...

Twelve pioneering STEM women, including four with ties to The University of New Mexico, will be featured in the 2018 New Mexico Women of STEM (Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics) calendar. The theme for this year’s calendar is the "Passion...

The New Mexico Space Grant Consortium (NMSGC) at New Mexico State University recently awarded Undergraduate Research Scholarships/Graduate Research Fellowships to six students at The University of New Mexico. The scholarships, totaling $50,000, will...

New research has identified that the storage of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the deep solid earth and its release into our atmosphere has a much greater role in shaping past climate variations than previously thought. The research, published recently in...

Undergraduate Lauren Zundel has been awarded the New Mexico Space Grant Undergraduate Research Scholarship. This award will give Zundel the resources to better understand the optical response of arrays of nanostructures, with applications in solar energy...

For many people, the holiday season is a time for writing Christmas cards, singing festive songs and catching up with friends and family. But for people who have experienced a stroke or other brain injuries, these small tasks of writing, singing or speaking holiday cheer can take an enormous amount of effort.

A new study has been published that suggests babies are physically affected by the stress level of their mother during pregnancy. It has been previously found that adversity in the womb enhances or hampers offspring development and...

University of New Mexico Professor Emeritus Leslie McFadden is the 2017 recipient of the Kirk Bryan Award for Excellence awarded by the Geological Society of America (GSA) Annual Meeting & Exposition in Seattle, Wash. recently. McFadden, who is a member...

A mountaintop observatory in Mexico, built and operated by an international team of scientists, has captured the first wide-angle view of gamma rays emanating from two rapidly spinning stars. The High-Altitude Water Cherenkov Gamma-Ray Observatory, or...

A new study conducted by researchers at The University of New Mexico, involving medical cannabis and prescription opioid use among chronic pain patients, found a distinct connection between having the legal ability to use cannabis and significant...